Delhi panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 05:22 Pausha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:34 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam 11:12 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:27
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:45 to 07:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:06
- Karana Gara until 09:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 00:42 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:27 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:15 – 08:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:34 – 09:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:53 – 11:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:12 – 12:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:30 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Char | 16:27 – 17:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:45 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:27 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:08 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:30 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:12 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:53 – 05:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:34 – 07:15 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 07:12 Sagittarius
- 07:12 – 08:54 Capricorn
- 08:54 – 10:22 Aquarius
- 10:22 – 11:47 Pisces
- 11:47 – 13:22 Aries
- 13:22 – 15:18 Taurus
- 15:18 – 17:32 Gemini
- 17:32 – 19:53 Cancer
- 19:53 – 22:10 Leo
- 22:10 – 00:26 next day Virgo
- 00:26 – 02:46 next day Libra
- 02:46 – 05:04 next day Scorpio
- 05:04 – 07:08 next day Sagittarius
- 07:08 – 07:15 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method